Friday, January 9, 2009

Week 8: A.Learning Theory

1 comment:

H HAKAN CETİNKAYA said...

There are three hypothesis:
A) Innate Bio-program: There exists a specific, innate bio-program for language learning,
which defines an optimal path for first and second language development. Children develop
listening competence before they develop the ability to speak. They make “a blue-print” of
the language first. They develop "a cognitive map" of the language during listening process.
B) Brain Lateralisation: The brain has two main parts: left hemisphere, and right hemisphere
, which have different learning functions. If both hemispheres are activated, learning is more
effective.
C) Stress (an affective filter): Stress intervenes between the act of learning and what is to be
learned. The lower the stress is, the greater the learning becomes.